Presentations & Panel Discussions

Upcoming Events (*invited presentations)

• “Exploratory Metadata Analysis and Film Historiographical Practices“, invited presentation at workshop on “Metadata-based Research in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences“, organized by the Bibliographical Data Working Group of DARIAH-ERIC, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, March 4-5, 2025.*
• “Fehlende und fehlerhafte Daten im Kontext des audiovisuellen Kulturerbes“, invited presentation at workshop “Bis auf Weiteres. Unfertiges in Film- und Bewegtbildkultur“, HFBK Hamburg, May 30-31, 2025.*
• “Algorithmic Bias and Power in Film and Media Historical Research“, presentation at NECS Conference, Lusófona University in Lisbon, June 18-21, 2025.
• “Uncovering Amateur Media Histories: Digital Approaches to Archival Collections“, invited respondent for panel at NECS Conference, Lusófona University in Lisbon, June 18-21, 2025.*
• “From Archives to Algorithms: Cultural Heritage Metadata and Data Visualizations“, invited keynote at the RMeS summer school „Media Transformations“, VU University and Open University, Amsterdam, June 25-27, 2025.*
• “Von Big Data zu Big Gaps. Eine machtkritische Perspektive auf Leerstellen in Datensammlungen“, presentation at GfM Conference, Paderborn University, September 16-19, 2025.

2024

• “Visualisierungen zur Analyse von heterogenen Metadaten und filmhistoriographischen Praktiken“, invited presentation at panel “AVefi-Projektwerkstatt – Heterogene Filmbestände einheitlich verknüpfen. Mehrwerte für filmgetriebene (medien-)wissenschaftliche Forschung schaffen“, GfM Conference, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, September 25-28, 2024.*
• “Un/Sichtbarkeiten. Zur Visualisierung von Widersprüchen und Leerstellen in filmhistorischen Metadatensammlungen“, presentation at conference on “Digitale Methoden und Daten in Ethnografie und qualitativer Forschung“, University of Vechta, September 16-18, 2024.
• “New Insights and Old Blind Spots: Exploring Data Visualizations as a Critical Approach to Film Archival Metadata Collections“, presentation with Pauline Junginger at Eye International Conference “Presenting Audiovisual Collections: Experiments and Explorations“, Amsterdam, Eye Filmmuseum, May 26-29, 2024.
• “Ästhetiken des Zugangs. Datenvisualisierungen in der digitalen Filmgeschichtsschreibung am Beispiel der Forschung zu Frauen im Frühen Kino“, invited presentation at conference on “Open Science in den Gender Studies“, University of Cologne, May 16-17, 2024.*
• “Explorativ, iterativ, kollaborativ – Zur Entwicklung neuer Arbeitsformen in der digitalen Filmwissenschaft“, invited presentation at DiCi-Hub Conference “Digitale Methoden und die Zukunft der Filmwissenschaft“, Philipps-Universität Marburg, April 11-13, 2024.*

2023

• “Unsichtbares sichtbar machen. Datenvisualisierungen als filmhistoriographische Methode“, invited presentation in Patrick Vonderau’s seminar, Media and Communication Studies, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, December 18, 2023.*
• “Visualizing Women’s Impact in Film History. On Metadata in Archival Research Frameworks“, invited presentation at symposium on “New Paradigms for Accessing and Curating Audiovisual Collections“, EPFL Pavilions, Lausanne, September 28-29, 2023.*
• “The Power of Data: Why Digital Film History Needs Data Feminism“, presentation at NECS Conference “Care“, The University of Oslo, June 13-17, 2023.
• “Forschungsdaten, Visualisierungen und blinde Flecken in der digitalen Filmgeschichtsschreibung“, invited talk in lecture series on “Transdisziplinäre Aspekte digitaler Methodik in den Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften“, Centre for Digitality in the Humanities and Cultural Studies (mainzed), May 31, 2023.*
• “Was bedeutet Open Science aus Sicht der Fachgesellschaften?“, invited panelist, German commission for UNESCO, online, April 27, 2023.*
• “Plurales Publizieren. Vom hybriden Open-Access-Verlag zum kollaborativen Open-Media-Studies-Blog“, invited presentation at conference on “Banales Publizieren. Digitaler Selbstverlag in Kunst-, Literatur- und Wissenschaftsbetrieb“, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, April 20-21, 2023.*
• “Controlled Vocabulary and Film Historical Job Titles“, invited workshop presentation, Institue of Film, Theater, Media and Culture Studies, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, March 29-30, 2023.*
• “Open Humanities in der Filmwissenschaft – zwischen Wunsch und Wirklichkeit“, presentation, DHd Workgroup Film und Video, DHd 2023, Luxemburg/Trier, March 13-17, 2023.*
• “Open DH? Mapping Blind Spots“, invited presentation, DHd Workgroup Empowerment, DHd 2023, Luxemburg/Trier, March 13-17, 2023.*
• “Film und öffentlicher Diskurs“, invited presentation in Sigrun Lehnert’s seminar, Media Studies, Philipps-Universität Marburg, January 20, 2023.*
• “Filmhistorische Forschung visualisieren. Zu datenbasierten Ansätzen in der digitalen Film- und Medienwissenschaft“, invited presentation at workshop on “Analysen – Artefakte – Medienoperationen. Digital Humanities und audiovisuelle Kulturen“, DFG project “Synkopierung und Volumen. Sondierungen einer sonischen Moderne, 1890-1945″, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, January 12-13, 2023.*

2022

• “Situating Sources. On Research Data Management and Film History“, invited presentation at AREM – Symposium on Archiving and Re-performing Electro Acoustic Music, TU Dresden, December 10-12, 2022.*
• “Desperately Seeking Evidence. Research Data Management and Women in Film History“, presentation at the conference “Doing Digital Film History“, Philipps-Universität Marburg, November 17-19, 2022.
• “Filmpionierinnen im Zeichen der Digitalisierung – Personenbezogene Forschungsdaten im Kontext feministischer Filmgeschichtsschreibung“, presentation with Pauline Junginger at workshop on “Forschungsdatenmanagement in der Medienwissenschaft“, media/rep/, Philipps-Universität Marburg, October 21, 2022.*
• “Open-Access-Transformationen in der Medienwissenschaft – Arbeitsprozesse mit Zukunft?“, round table organized and co-chaired with Kai Matuszkiewicz, in cooperation with the Open Media Studies Blog, the Open Media Studies GfM workgroup, and the Kommission für Gute Arbeit in der Wissenschaft (GfM), GfM Conference, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, September 28-October 1, 2022.
• “The Women Film Pioneers Explorer. What Data Visualizations Can Tell Us About Women in Film History“, presentation at Women and the Silent Screen Conference XI, Columbia University, June 1-7, 2022.
• “Forschungsdaten visualisieren. Zu konzeptionellen, methodologischen und epistemologischen Fragen in der digitalen Film- und Medienwissenschaft“, invited lecture in Computational Social Science, Department of Sociology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, January 31, 2022.*
• “Publish Less, Communicate More! Reflecting the Potentials and Challenges of a Hybrid Self-publishing Project“, invited presentation at book launch Shaping the Digital Dissertation: Knowledge Production in the Arts and Humanities, Humanities Institute, University of Connecticut, February 3, 2022.*

2021

• “Was bedeutet ‚offen‘ in Open Access?“, invited presentation in Sigrun Lehnert’s seminar “Film und öffentlicher Diskurs“, Media Studies Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, November 24, 2021.*
• Interview by the DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, July 9, 2021. [DFF Podcast]
• “Zugriff von zu Hause – Konjunkturen der Online-Recherche: Präsentation und Vermittlung von medienwissenschaftlichen Ressourcen“, invited presentation in Franziska Heller’s seminar „Perspektiven im Lockdown. Digitale Dispositive und ihre Geschichte(n), Pragmatiken und Erfahrungsräume“, Media and Communication Studies, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, July 1, 2021.
• “Open Access and Digital Tools“, invited presentation at workshop „Politiken des Digitalen“, Institute for Media and Cultural Studies, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, June 25, 2020.* [postponed]
• “Aesthetics of Access. Visualizing Research Data on Women in Film History“, invited presentation at Women and the Silent Screen 2021: Entr’acte, Columbia University, June 4-6, 2021.*
• “Webinar on Career Planning for Female Researchers”, invited presentation, University of Vienna, April 23, 2021.*
• “Geschichte(n) anders erzählen. Zu den Möglichkeiten digitaler Datenvisualisierungen für die feministische Filmgeschichtsschreibung”, invited colloquium presentation, Department of Film Studies, University of Zurich, April 21, 2021.*
• “’Nur‘ ein Experiment? Zum Status Quo der digitalen Filmwissenschaft“, invited workshop presentation, DHd Workgroup Film und Video, DHd 2021, Universität Potsdam/FH Potsdam, March 25, 2021.*
• “Potenziale und Herausforderungen von Open-Access-Dissertationen“, invited workshop presentation, FKK – Film- und Fernsehwissenschaftliches Kolloquium Weimar, March 25, 2021.*
• “Digitale Datenvisualisierung als kritische Methode in der Filmgeschichtsschreibung”, presentation at conference on “Digital History: Konzepte, Methoden und Kritiken digitaler Geschichtswissenschaften”, Göttingen State and University Library, March 1-3, 2021.
• „Situating Research. Data Visualization as Critical Approach in Digital Film Historiography“, invited lecture in FTT Research Seminar Series, University of Reading, UK, February 17, 2021.*
• “Plural Publishing. Preprints and Postprints in Film and Media Studies“, presentation at workshop “Into the Wild? Transitions into ‚Openness‘ and Film Studies”, organzied by the Open Media Studies GfM workgroup and Cinepoetics, Freie Universität Berlin, February 9, 2021.* [workshop report]
• “Aesthetics of Access. Visualizing Research on Women in Film History”, presentation at conference on Digital Humanities and Gender History, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Feburary 5, 2021.
• “Chaplin, Griffith und Smith. Zur Repräsentation von blinden Flecken in der digitalen Filmgeschichtsschreibung“, invited presentation in Patrick Vonderau’s seminar on „Media History“, Media and Communication Studies, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, January 11, 2021.*

2020

• “Open Access in Media Studies“, invited presentation in Michaela Wünsch’s seminar on „Publishing“, Institut of Media and Communication Studies, University of Klagenfurt, Austria, Nov 24, 2020.*
• “Open Access und Open Data – verbindliche Standards für die Wissenschaft”, invited panelist in debate series on “Universität und Digitalisierung: Forschung und Lehre unter neuen Vorzeichen?”, University of Cologne, October 27, 2020.* [postponed]
• “Preprints”, presentation at workshop on Open Access und digital-vernetztes Arbeiten. Erarbeitung einer medienwissenschaftlichen Handreichung (Part 2), Open Media Studies GfM workgroup, GfM Conference, Bochum, Sep 29-Oct 2, 2020.
• “Open Access in der Medienwissenschaft. Akteur:innen, Chancen, Herausforderungen“, presentation with Dietmar Kammerer, Open-Access-Tage 2020, University/FH Bielefeld, Sep 15-17, 2020.
• “Film and Media Studies and Gender“, invited presentation in Dorothea Horst’s seminar „Gender Media Studies“, Faculty of Social and Cultural Science, European University Viadrina, June 30, 2020.*
• “Open Access and Digital Tools“, invited presentation at workshop „Politiken des Digitalen“, Institute for Media and Cultural Studies, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, June 25, 2020.* [postponed]
• “Marginalisierungen und Ermächtigungen“, round table discussion at book launch of Musik und Gender 12, June 9, 2020.
• Interview by Anna Luise Kiss on open access und openness in times of Corona, Film Studies Podcast bling bling, May 20, 2020.
• Interview by winnovation on open science and current challenges in academia as part of a study for the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF), April 2020.
• “Aesthetics of Access. Visualizing Research Data on Women in Film History“, project presentation at MCDCI, Philipps-Universität Marburg, February 7, 2020.
• “Technisch.Kritisch.Digital. Interdisziplinäre Explorationen.“,  poster presentation at Digital Humanities Lab Winter School, Basel University, January 13-17, 2020.

2019

• “Kommunizieren statt Publizieren! Open Access und andere Möglichkeiten der Zugangsgestaltung in der Wissenschaft”, invited lecture in lecture series “Medien|Utopien”, Institute of Media Studies at University of Paderborn, November 19, 2019.*
• “Kommunikationsräume (Odin): Vorstellung eines hybriden Open-Access-Publikationsprojekts”, book launch with Guido Kirsten, Laura Katharina Mücke, and Vera Rammelmeyer, GfM Conference, Cologne, Sep 25-28, 2019.
• “Forschungsdaten in der Filmwissenschaft“, presentation at workshop on “Denn sie wissen nicht, was sie tun? Methodenfrage(n) in der Filmwissenschaft“, Open Media Studies GfM workgroup, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, May 3, 2019.
• “Gutachtende peer-reviewter Zeitschriften im Fokus“, invited panelist at network meeting of „Mentoring Hessen. Women in Science and Economy“, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Feb 11, 2019.*
• “Mut zur Lücke! Feministische Filmgeschichte am Beispiel des Films Watermelon Woman“, lecture at Marburger Hochschulerkundungen, Philipps University Marburg, Jan 30, 2019.

2018

• “Distant Reading – On a Not so ‚Distant‘ Phenomenon”, invited presentation at conference on „Histories of Film History. Materials and Methods”, Philipps University Marburg, Dec 13-15, 2018.*
• “The Audio-visual Art of Curating: How Practices of Selecting, Structuring, and Exhibiting Shape Our Understanding of History“, presentation at symposium on „Research in Film and History: New Approaches, Debates and Projects“, Bremen University, November 29-30, 2018.
• “Open Innovation – Open Science: Wo liegen Potentiale und Grenzen offener Wertschöpfungsmodelle für Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft?“, invited panelist at annual meeting of the Bavarian Board of Trustees of Stifterverband, November 12, 2018.*
• “Feministische Filmtheorie und Filmwissenschaft“, invited lecture at Media Day of Humboldt School Kiel, October 30, 2018.*
• “Methoden digitaler Medienforschung“, invited panelist, organized by „Locating Media“ (Siegen University), GfM Conference, Siegen, September 26- 29, 2018.*
• “Towards an Art of Participation – Aesthetics and Ethics in Collaborative Documentary Practices“, presentation at NECS Conference, Amsterdam, June 27-29, 2018.
• “How to make research accessible to a broader public and explore scholarly publishing: a hybrid open access publishing project“, poster presentation at NECS Post-Conference: Open Media Studies, Hilversum, NL, June 30, 2018.
• “Lost & Found: Navigating the Digital Archives“, presentation at conference Doing Women’s Film and Television History IV, “Calling the Shots – Then, Now, and Next“, University of Southampton, May 23-25, 2018.
• “Interactive Historiography – Re-enactment as Artistic Research Practice“, presentation at symposium i-Docs 2018, University of the West of England’s Digital Cultures Research Centre (DCRC), Bristol, March 21-23, 2018.

2017

• “Forschung verbreiten. Neue Veröffentlichungsansätze in der Medienwissenschaft“, presentation at workshop on “Caring for the Open. Custodianship, Accessibility“, GfM Conference, Erlangen-Nürnberg, October 7, 2017
• “Dynamic Knowledge: Audiovisual Practices in Digital Scholarship“, presentation at Film-Philosophy Conference, Lancaster University, July 4-6, 2017.

2016

• “Postfeminism and Film”, invited lecture in Bernhard Groß‘ seminar on “Contemporary positions of postcolonial and feminist theories“, Department of Film Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, July 13, 2016.
• “The visibility of women in the public sphere”, invited panelist at L-Beach Festival, Oldenburg, April 21-24, 2016.*

2014

• “Where Do We Go Now? New Directions in Romantic Comedy Scholarship“, invited presentation at Being Human Festival, King’s College, The Cinema Museum, London, November 22, 2014.*
• “Gender vor Gericht. Zum Einspruch audiovisueller Populärkultur“,
• “Gender on Trial. The Question of Law and Order in Popular Culture“, presentation at NECS Conference, Milano, June 19-21, 2014.
• “Yes, we can!“ Zur emanzipatorischen Erfahrungsmodalität des gegenwärtigen Woman’s Film“, invited lecture in lecture series on „Genre and History“, Department of Film Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, May 20, 2014.*
• “Frauen, Film und Feminismus. Vom Woman’s Film zum Chick Flick“, invited lecture at filmArche, Berlin, May 7, 2014.*
• “Pretty Women. Zur ästhetischen Erfahrung von gender im Genre“, invited presentation at SFB Conference “Prekäre Genres“, Department of Film Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, April 11-12, 2014.*

2013

• “I object! Kategorisierungsprozesse im gegenwärtigen Woman’s Film“, presentation at SFB Conference “Geschmack und Öffentlichkeit“, Deutsche Kinemathek Berlin, December 13-14, 2013.
• “Herstories. Ein feministischer Blick in die Filmgeschichte“, invited lecture at UT Connewitz, Leipzig, January 25, 2013.*
• “Warum Frauen ins Frauenkino gehen“, presentation at 18th International Bremer Symposium on Film, “Zuschauer? Zwischen Kino und sozialen Netzwerken“, January 17-20, 2013.

2012

• “Am I dumb or something? – Chick Flicks und Filmerfahrung“, presentation at conference “screen strike! Gender, Medien, Kritik“, Wien, May 10-12, 2012.
• “Critical Theory, Media, and Experience“, presentation at workshop “Media and Experience. Critical Theory, Phenomenology, Cultural Studies“, Screen Arts and Culture and Communication Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, April 6, 2012.

2011

• “A Match Well Made – A Job Well Done: Gossip as Aesthetic Mode of Sociality“, presentation at NECS Conference, London, UK, June 20-23, 2011.
• “Emma, Elle & Elizabeth – The Contemporary ‚Woman’s Film’ as Aesthetic Mode of Experience“, presentation at „Doing Women’s Film History Conference“, Sunderland, UK, April, 7-9, 2011.
• “You are Germany – Nation and Identity and Fatih Akin’s Film Gegen die Wand“, presentation at SCMS Conference, New Orleans, USA, March 10-13, 2011.

2010

• “Emma, Ally & Co – Der zeitgenössische Woman’s Film“, presentation at  conference on “Hollywood reloaded? Das Spiel mit Genrekonventionen nach der Jahrtausendwende”, Bremen University, August 18-19, 2010.
• “Weiblichkeit als Bildlichkeit“, presentation at  conference on “In Bewegung: Das Verhältnis von Medien, Öffentlichkeit und Geschlecht“, DG PuK, Freie Universität Berlin, September 7-9, 2010.
• “(Cinematic) possibilities of identity – The Hong Kong-Image in 2046″, presentation at NECS Graduate Workshop “Empty Spaces – Invisible Structures“, Istanbul, June 20, 2010.
• “Du bist Deutschland – Nation und Identität und Fatih Akins Film Gegen die Wand“, lecture in lecture series on contemporary German cinema, Freie Universität Berlin, May 7, 2010.

2009

• “Tango in Wort, Bild und Bewegung“, presentation with Sarah Greifenstein, “Long Night of the Sciences“, Freie Universität Berlin, June 13, 2009.
• Introduction to Pola Negri at the screening of Mme Dubarry (1919), Kino Arsenal, Berlin, June 9, 2009.
  
  

Conferences & Workshops (organization)

2024

• “Cultural Heritage Data & Power. Exploring Digital Collections and Situated Knowledges in Film History and Beyond“, international conference of the BMBF research group DAVIF, Philipps-Universität Marburg, November 14-16, 2024.

2022

• “Doing Digital Film History“, international conference of the DFG network “New Directions in Film Historiography“, organized with Tim van der Heijden, Philipps-Universität Marburg, November 17-19, 2022.
• “Visualizing Research. Reflecting Data-based Methods in Digital Film History“, invited workshop at symposium on “A Film Scholarship Without Films? Reimagining Israeli Cinema History Through the Archive“, The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television, Tel Aviv University, July 5-6, 2022.*
• “Methods, Tools, and Data. Challenges of Transdisciplinary Projects in Digital Feminist Film Historiography“, workshop of the DAVIF research group, Women and the Silent Screen Conference XI, Columbia University, June 1-7, 2022.

2021

• “Into the Wild? Transitions into ‚Openness‘ and Film Studies”, workshop of the Open Media Studies GfM workgroup and Cinepoetics, Freie Universität Berlin, February 9, 2021. [workshop report]

2020

• “Open Access und digital-vernetztes Arbeiten. Erarbeitung einer medienwissenschaftlichen Handreichung (Teil 2)“, workshop of the Open Media Studies GfM workgroup, GfM Conference, Bochum, Sep 29-Oct 2, 2020.
• “Open Access und digital-vernetztes Arbeiten. Erarbeitung einer medienwissenschaftlichen Handreichung (Teil 1)“, workshop of the Open Media Studies GfM workgroup, Open-Access-Tage 2020, University/FH Bielefeld, Sep 15-17, 2020.
• “Tipping Points: Zum Verhältnis von Freiheit und Restriktion im Urheberrecht“, conference of the expert committee “Urheberrecht” (copyright) of the Research Society for Music Industry and Music Culture (Gesellschaft für Musikwirtschafts- und Musikkulturforschung), Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin, February 20-21, 2020.

2019

• “Curatorial Challenges in the Digital Era. Filmographic Data and Film Archives”, workshop of the DFG Network „New Directions in Film Historiography. Digital Tools and Methods in Film and Media Studies, organized with Adelheid Heftberger, November 16.-17, 2019, Federal Archive/German Historical Museum, Berlin.
• Kickoff Meeting: DFG Network „New Directions in Film Historiography. Digital Tools and Methods in Film and Media Studies“, July 18-19, 2019, Philipps University Marburg.
• Doing Audio-Visual Media 6, „Akteurinnen in der Filmpraxis“, lecture series organized with Tina Kaiser, funded by the State of Hesse and the Hessen Film and Media Academy, hFMA), Philipps University Marburg, summer term 2019.
• “Opening Research Data: Amplification and Reduction within Media Research Practices“, workshop organized with Simon David Hirsbrunner, SIG Open Media Studies in cooperation with Wikimedia e.V., Berlin, March 21, 2019.

2018

• “Referentielle Medienpraktiken im Spannungsfeld zwischen technischer Reproduzierbarkeit und urheberrechtlicher Regulation: Probleme, Handlungsfelder, Lösungswege”, workshop of the expert committee “Urheberrecht” (copyright) of the Research Society for Music Industry and Music Culture (Gesellschaft für Musikwirtschafts- und Musikkulturforschung), GfM Conference, Siegen, September 26- 29, 2018.
• “Towards an Art of Participation – Aesthetics and Ethics in Collaborative Documentary Practices”, workshop organized with Florian Mundhenke et al., NECS Conference, Amsterdam, June 27.-29, 2018.

2017

• “Caring for the Open. Custodianship, Accessibility“, workshop at GfM Conference, Erlangen-Nürnberg, October 7, 2017.

2013

• “Geschmack und Öffentlichkeit“, conference of the research project B7/B5 of SFB 626, Deutsche Kinemathek Berlin, December 13-14, 2013.
• “Interstices. Aesthetic Spaces of Experience in the Arts“, annual conference of the SFB 626, with AG 3 „Spaces of Experience“, November 1-2, 2013.